The Finals of the Candidates Matches for the 2007 World Chess Championship
Tournament are being held in Elista, Russia, from June 6th to June 14, 2007.
Eight candidates advanced from the first stage and are now playing six-game
matches to fill four places in the 2007
World Championship in Mexico City.
Finals: Round four report
Finals Round 4 results: Sunday, June
10th 2007 |
Alexei Shirov |
½-½ |
Levon Aronian |
Evgeny Bareev |
½-½ |
Peter Leko |
Sergei Rublevsky |
1-0 |
Alexander Grischuk |
Boris Gelfand |
½-½ |
Gata Kamsky |
Finals Round four
A full report with game analysis by GM Mihail Marin will appear on Monday.
After a long day of play in round four we are now only posting results, games
and pictures.
Picture gallery
Peter Leko adjusting his pieces at the start of round four of the Candidates
Finals
Filling out the names on his scoresheet
Peter's scoresheet is always meticulous – he even leaves his pen perfectly
aligned.
Leko's opponent, trailing by 0.5:2.5, is Evgeny Bareev
Gata Kamsky preparing for a critical game against Boris Gelfand
Kamsky is 0.5:2.5 behind with three games to go
Alexei Shirov before an equally critical game against Levon Aronian
Grandmasters thinking
Peter Leko
Evgeny Bareev
Gata Kamsky
Alexei Shirov
Levon Aronian
Sergei Rublevsky
Alexander Grischuk
Photos by Frederic Friedel in Elista
Current standings
| Player |
Rating |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
TB |
Tot. |
Perf. |
| Levon Aronian |
2759 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
|
|
|
2.5 |
|
| Alexei Shirov |
2699 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
|
|
|
1.5 |
|
| |
| Peter Leko |
2738 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
|
|
|
3.0 |
|
| Evgeny Bareev |
2635 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
| |
| Alexander Grischuk |
2717 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
|
|
|
2.0 |
|
| Sergei Rublevsky |
2680 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
|
|
|
2.0 |
|
| |
| Gata Kamsky |
2705 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
|
|
|
1.5 |
|
| Boris Gelfand |
2733 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
|
|
|
2.5 |
|
Live coverage by Yasser Seirawan on Playchess
Playchess commentator GM Yasser Seirawan
The games of the Candidates Matches, which start at 15:00h local time (13:00h
CEST), will be broadcast live on the official
site and on Playchess.com server.
On the latter there will be daily live audio commentary by GM Yasser Seirawan,
with a minimum of three one hour lectures per round, beginning approximately
thirty minutes after play has started. For a charge of ten Ducats (about one
Euro) a visitor gets a twelve hour pass to listen to the live lectures. Furthermore,
GM Seirawan will be awarding daily prizes of Gambit books to the person or persons
who have been of the greatest assistance. "We are interested in verbal
commentary about a given position (not computer generated analysis), as well
as witty insights," he says. "Each and every one is welcome to join
in the fun!”
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